today its heat and humidity added to another miserable day all across the measure region. we begin with the dangerously high temperatures. >> we are live on the national mall. rescue crews have been responding to heat related illnesses all day long. >> it is for loudon county, a severe thunderstorm warning in effect a for a good 30 minutes or so. hail could be in the size of half dollars. a number of storms there. there are a few more popping up even though it is late in the day. there are a number of other

storms and main line across pennsylvania and west virginia. we have our own little area and that is why most of our region is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 tonight. it is west of the i-95 corridor. everybody is under a heat advisory until 8:00. it makes sense when you see current temperatures in the mid to upper 90's break 99 outreach and national airport. -- upper 90's. 99 at reich and national airport. as far as records, we tidied all-time record ronald reagan national airport. a little relief, that is all we have to talk about for tomorrow and little relief, but at least it is something. >> the triple digit temperatures were too much to handle for some people. we continue our weather coverage

on the national mall. >> the heat related calls to d.c. fire and ems were up 25% over yesterday's. yesterday, they had more than 300 calls for people overcome by heat. today, most of the calls came from down here at the mall. >> it is hot out here. >> visitors found there are a few ways to dodge the blazing sun. >> they look very hot. >> we ducked into museums. >> despite the best efforts dozens had to receive medical attention. for people working in this weather, and i'm jim lang hot asphalt in 100 degree temperatures. -- imagine letting hot asphalt in 100-degree temperatures. >> drink a lot of water. go in the shade for 15 minutes. >> in northwest, volunteers

picked the hottest day of the year to build a garden for a local elementary school. >> it is a scorcher out here. >> it was too hot to stay in their apartment, their air conditioners could not keep its cool. >> once you open the windows at except the cold air away. >> they cannot do downtown silver spring sell their three- year-old daughter could cool off. >> i am not having fun but as long as she is smiling i am dead. >> these folks on the mall are getting ready for an evening softball game. it is still very hot out here. the sun is going down, but it is still humid. make sure you take it easy if you were coming out here to exercise. stay hydrated. >> ok, thank you. stay with us for complete heat wave coverage. wjla.com how people are keeping

cool and a list of schools already closed because of the temperatures. a major setback for newt gingrich's white house. sources tell us that the decision to step down was based on differences over the direction of the campaign. on a posting on a page, he said that he will stay in the race. ready guiliani will run for the gop nomination, an announcement could be coming soon. the former new york mayor would join the crowded republican field. mitt romney, newt gingrich, rick santorum and ron paul. rumored to be running, michele

bachmann, sarah palin. sounding off on a controversial poll proposal. the maryland transportation authority wants to charge drivers more to cross the chesapeake bay bridge. tonight, at drivers get their chance to weigh in on this. we are live in gaithersburg for a public hearing just got under way. >> people have been trickling in here to the shady grove middle school. this hearing goes until 8:00 tonight. it is the first of nine public hearings statewide. the maryland transportation authority is in for an earful. the popular chesapeake bay bridge -- you may soon have to pay more to use. >> every told all that gets

collected goes directly back into our facility. >> the authority is proposing toll increases to support its facilities state wide. doubling the bay bridge to $8 in 2013. the easy path commuter rate would also go up. $77 million is needed to fix and maintain the corridor. it is already bad enough. >> it is already so expensive to drive up to the new york area. aligned are already ridiculous. >> would gas prices as high as they are, it is pretty disappointed. >> you have to cut costs wherever you can. >> one bright spot, no increase on the icc.

eastern shore delegates showed up and he is very upset. he told me that 60% of the county workforce use is that every day to get into the washington area. they're very upset about the. just one voice here, but the authority does have the final bout. they will take it later this summer. if approved, it will take effect in october. pressure from his peers is mounting. anthony weiner is staying put. he will not step down and plans to get back to work from his district. he says that he is moving on and making and then spread the wife index -- making amends. huma abedin is traveling with hillary clinton.

she was still seen wearing her wedding ring. secretary clinton is an abu dhabi to discuss the current situation in libya. still ahead plagued by scandal, a closer look at the corruption allegations are the top tiers of the d.c. government. >> copper is breached a major credit card company.

it looks like the american public is as divided as the congress. more than half of democrats and half of republican support some sort of that parliament deal. 40% of republicans and 20% of democrats are against raising the debt ceiling. 70% of those polled say -- favor raising the debt limit. we have a warning about your credit card information. citigroup saidkhackers breached its database. duper able to view contact information, but they were not able to see social security numbers. a spokesperson says the company

will contact any affected customers and able work on some new security procedures. >> corruption allegations against the d.c. council and how the city government can stay on track. >> severe storms curving edges of the match our region. we have the latest forecast. >> the focus is on the heat. you will not want to miss tonight's high school athlete of the week.

corruption allegations are piling up at the top tiers of the d.c. government. for some residents, it is just business as usual. they are involved in some kind of political scandal. >> an off is and not. we are live in the newsroom with reaction. >> just yesterday harry thomas resigned after allegations that he used city money for personal expenses. he is one of many district politicians under the microscope. when you line them all up, it is a lot. the mayor and four council

members under the political microscopes. >> they are not doing their jobs. >> vincent gray has been embroiled in the scandal for weeks. he fired his chief of staff after reports that children of officials got city jobs. >> it is all screwed up. >> in addition to harry thompson brown has his own issues. earlier this year, alexander found herself under investigation. michael brown has been accused of conflict of interest for pushing online gaming while working for a law firm with ties to gaming. >> what does it do to your confidence in their ability to lead the city? >> it is shaky right now. >> i do not like what is happening. can they do the job? maybe. maybe not. >> the only part of d.c.

government did say works well is the dmv. >> it is very disappointing and it is to the detriment of the public good. >> he believes that voters have had enough and a time for change could be quickly approaching. >> there was a time in the past were when they were confronted with the scandals, they would do well was right for the city. not themselves. that would be step aside. >> he says he is not ready to demand the resignation of any of his colleagues at this point. but it is not something that he is willing to rule out. >> let's go back to the weather, everybody is talking about it. >> we will see a little bit of a reprieve tomorrow.

we will make it. we have some storms out there to talk about. severe thunderstorm warnings. those areas in purple, clark county, warren county, from this particular line of storms, it is drifting east. it will cross the potomac river. the core of this system is well to the north of pennsylvania. we have our own little cluster here. those are still firing up and able moved east-northeast as well. the main thread with these is torrential rain and large hail. here are the other areas out through pennsylvania and new york. tomorrow, our chances of storms will increase and temperatures will come down a bit.

here is a severe thunderstorm watch west of the i-95 corridor. that is in effect until 8:00 tonight. we tied the record i was surprised. 102 degress established in 1874. 100 degrees at bwi marshall. these are the current temperatures as of 6:00. factor in the humidity, it feels like it is 103, 102. we are making a little bit of progress. cooler air is ready to move in, but it will be in steps. here is the ridge of high pressure. that will happen through the day tomorrow. lower 90 pots and then we will

be in the upper 80's saturday and sunday. we still have a chance of showers and storms brewed monday and tuesday partly cloudy, cooler, and less humid something to look forward to. the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> let's keep talking heat. we are talking maverick. they will play in game 5 of the finals tonight. this is really getting interesting. he is doing enough to keep the mavs in it. from here on out, it will be great theater, a tremendous intensity. the spotlight will be on lebron james. >> i understand what i need to do to help our team win. this is the biggest game of my life and i am approaching it that way. bucks -- >>, make some

adjustments. we have to be ready. the focus is on the finals, the wizards are working hard. he is from baltimore and would love to play here. the nationals are contributing to their west coast swing. they play san diego tonight. they will be up -- they will be home tuesday against the cardinals. our play of the day comes from the braves and the marlins. get on your horse, big fellow. are you kidding me? a spectacular play, that is our plight of the day. this is thursday and did his time to meet another future star. but me introduce you to libya.

-- let me introduce you to boliv olivia. she is no stranger to being in the spotlight. >> it is kind of weird that i can go out with my friends and people know who i am because of the media. >> setting a 100 meter world record in the seventh grade, she has traveled the world to compete. she is going out with a bang. >> she goes out to the state meet, takes care of that business. >> she will run and a study at texas a&m and the fall. >> if i cannot do well in the classroom, i am not able to compete for track and field. >> congratulations. really impressive. she has been a 4.0 didn't forever. she hopes to compete in the olympics. it will be fun to follow.

>> absolutely. she is phenomenal. >> impress

final thoughts? >> there are a thunderstorm warnings west of the metro area. if you cannot see us on television, go to wjla.com. click on weather. you can check it in real time trade -- real time. >> thank you. >> abc world news is coming the next. >> we will see you back here at 11:00.

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